Most bacteria attach to biotic or abiotic surfaces and are embedded in a complex matrix
which is known as biofilm. Biofilm formation is especially worrisome in clinical settings as it …

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are arguably among the most successful antibiotics of recent times.
They have enjoyed over 30 years of clinical usage and become essential tools in the …

Various antibiotics have been used in the treatment of cancers, via their anti-proliferative,
pro-apoptotic and anti-epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) capabilities. However …

The model is a discretized version of a Susceptible Infectious and Recovered (SIR)-type
model 7 We have set R0= 1. 17 based on current data in our area. 8 We estimated the initial …

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are a major concern to public health. Phage therapy
has been proposed as a promising alternative to antibiotics, but an increasing number of …

Foodborne illnesses continue to have an economic impact on global health care systems.
There is a growing concern regarding the increasing frequency of antibiotic resistance in …

Due to selective pressure from the widespread use of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) are found in human hosts, plants, and animals and virtually all natural environments …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can create tremendous genetic diversity in organisms,
especially those which reproduce asexually. The three classical mechanisms for HGT in …

Bacteriophage transfer (lysogenic conversion) promotes bacterial virulence evolution. There
is limited understanding of the factors that determine lysogenic conversion dynamics within …

Tackling the challenge created by antibiotic resistance requires understanding the
mechanisms behind its evolution. Like any evolutionary process, the evolution of …